The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALi THE TIME” * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUN INTO GALES VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6534. PACIFIC COAST SHI ¥ -United 8 YANKEE TRADING LAN IS PROPOSED NEW TREATIES T0 BE WORKED OUT FOR U. S. Recprocity to Be Unde r-‘ taken by Persident —Lone Hand ADMINISTRATION WORKS OUT PLAN Slits in Tariff Walls to Be Permitted Made by Chief Executive [, | L, | WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. — The plan under which President Roose- velt hopes to sprinkle trade re- ciprocity treaties around the world is under preparation by the Ad- minisiration and will be submitted to Congress. The plan is described as intended to allow the President to make slits in tariff walls around the es as through an indi- vidual, to give and take treaties without having to submit each sep- arate pact to the Senate. ! Few Treaties' Proposed Simultaneously, it is disclosed, _despite the heavy round of diplo- matic negotiations, probably the smezllest crop of treaties in recent Fiorello H. LaGuar: . years will be sent to the Senate ) | ww gomvenes. resident ROOSEVEIL nas 15-0\95‘8““38”%95‘“’ his intention of making certain propesals to Congress but the de- tails his program are kept a secret. In other quarters, however, it is confirmed that rather than raise or lower the tariff barriers as a whole, President Roosevelt | what is officialy described as the Authority Cancelled .by Yankee Trading Plan. S Johnson Who Has Nev- er Approved Charges LONDON WAITS FOR SCHEDULES of 30— Al new high WASHINGTON, Dec. bankers' schedules for charges to depositors annou to) go into effect with the first of the, year under NRA's code have been! cancelled by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson | in an order which reveal:d an ex —_— & traordinary ‘“misunderstanding | This word was used officially to Keenly Interested in 'Cur- describe the fact that the bankers'| rency Program Which |code authority was circulated con- | | fidentially among Clearing House | May Be Proposed | Associations over the country and| = suggested a schedule of customer: LONDON, Dec. 30. — Financial charges which would have far es London is keenly interested in the ceeded the Federal two cent check ! opening of the United States Con- tax. | gress with a considerable group, Simultaneously with believing further inflation is “kely‘s‘,(uppin: the hedules, Gen. John- in connection with gold buying. son summarily dismissed Cary N.| The Financial Editor of the Daily Weisiger, Jr., Deputy Admimstra- =4 i | | the order Mail says he thinks the President tor in charge of the banking code, !’ may ask Congress for powers to who had been instrumental in hav- purchase gold at a price above the ing the press division of NRA an- statutory level or else seek a few nounce Johnson approved the hundred millions to create a fund plans of the code authority. for that purpose. A new schedule be filed before February 1. SERVICES HELD TODAY FOR MASONS For LATE J. H. BiGGs 4 | j Scores of friends paid their lasx! DAY‘mbuu‘ to the late John H. Biggs | this afternoon when funeral serv- i {ices were held at the Elks' Auditor- | Prominent among the receptions|ium, for the Alaskan pioneer who and open house usually_held on|passed away Wednesday morning. | New Year's Day will be that given| John A. Hellenthal gave the; by the Scotfish Rite Masons for eulogy and impressive ritualistic all Masons of whatever degree resi- |services by officers of the lodge| dent or sojourning on Gastineau| were used. Crystal Snow| Channel. Jenne sang “The Eye Hath Not. This has been an annual event|Seen,” by Gaul and “God Shall for the past 22 years and a large |Wipe Away Ali Tears, gathering is expected during the!She was accompanied by hours from 2 to 5 o'clock in the|Trevor Davis. | afternoon of that day. The high regard in which M. - Biggs was held by his fellow towns- | men and friends and deep sym-| ’pmh,\' felt for his family was | beautifully shown by the muRitude of floral offerings. Mrs. | Liquor Control Delays Adjournment Wash. Legislature i — Fscaped Desperado Convict Is Captured Dec. 30.—A OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 30.— | The special sescion of the State Legislature is still up to its ears in liquor legislaticn and plan a recess today until next Wednes- day to continue the work which will probably last for two more weeks. SHAWNEE, OKla., man identified by the police as Wilbur Underhill, Southwestern desperado and escaped Kansas con- vict, has been captured here. Simping New York “Shak;-up” i Mayor-elect Fiorello H. LaGuardia, of New York, meets with Major General John F. O’Ryan whom he has named as Police Commissioner, to talk over sweeping administrative changes which LaGuardia promises jand U. S. Industrial Alcohol were to effect when he takes office January 1. | he ' | bodies of Rumania. of charges will by Field Remain in Air in Endur- .and five minutes. STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE FINAL SESSION Real Cheer Appears at| Last Trading of Year —Metals n Rally NEW YORK, Dec. 30. — New Year's cheer was evident at the final session of the Stock Market today and prices of leading issues advanced one to two or more | peints under bullish sentiment. The close was firm. Sales totaled 800,- 000 shares. The curb had a cheerful aspect.’ Bonds were quiet but with a {show of strength. Wheat went up more than two cents a bushel. The dollar had a relapse on for- eign exchanges. The pound rallied around eight cents and the franc recovered slightly. Metals Rally Metals rallied today. U. S. Smelt- ing was up four points, Home- stake seven and American Smelt- |ing, McIntyre-Porcupine, Dome and Depcsco were up around one point each. Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan Other Issues Up American Commercial Alcohol both up two points while Chrysler jand Dupent almost as much. {to Pr‘E | Other active gainers of fractions one point included American I Telephone and .Palesrapb, United St Steel, Allied Chemical, Wesi- i |ern Union and a few rails, | Utilities were steady. o | 1934 Outleok | In gauging the outlook for 1934, ASSASSINATED some statistical commentators {pointed out that last summer’s |levels will not likely be early re- |attained although a broadening of business and industry is foreseen. |It is argued that the forthcoming |Congress makes for uncertainty in forward planning, and rising Gov- {ernment expenditures and budget Die e Preniar hrian(“in;.' dxmcul.ims may be ex- B s AT iy peTtd and labor difficulties may cat of the Royal Paimce, as he |mtervene. as about to board a train for | here after a conference with King | Carol. The Premier died instantly when a student fired four bullets into 1 p Can 99, his head at close range. American Power and |6%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2 When Duca was made Premier, 47 Aiataly Dk | Bethlehem Steel 37, Calumet and a campaign |0 S 3 9 ) to combat the rising wave of Anti- |Hecla 4%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Gen- ral Motors 35 International ~ el Semitism by dissolving two Nazi!| : 2 . | Harvester 40, Kennecott 20%, North | American Aviation 5%, Chicago and | Milwaukee (preferred) 7'%, Mont- EXPLOSION OCCURS | gomery-Ward 22z, Standard Oil Dec. 30.—As the body of California 41, United States Duca was placed on a|Steel 48%. v the farvwfl]‘ —— .- was y an explosion in the | Royal n and attempt to slay FIVE NATIuNs y | e assassin. | T explosion only injured a WARSAW, Dec, 30—Five nations have sent entries for the 1934 air : s point blank | chajienge races over a Polish route. but missing him. Polizu was Over- | Contestants have been named by powered and led away after saying | prance, Czechoslovakia, Ttaly, Ger- he wanted to avenge the death of | many and Poland. Duca h e e E. ERICKSON UNDERGOES AMPUTATION OF LIMB Four Bullets Are Fired Into His Head at Close Range by Student BUCHAREST. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 30. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today was 22%, American Premier's brother-in-law Polizu, forced his way into| room where the E Constantinescu | was held, whipped out his revolver | and fired several times E. Frickson, of Cordova, under- TWO WOMEN | went the amputation of his left | leg, which had to be taken off at the knee, at St. Ann’s Hospital this | morning. 'Soviet Russia ance Flight Nearly 238 Hours MOSCOW, Dec. 30 Further - | deepening of the relations between the United States and Soviet Rus- sia in The cause of peace was pre- | dicted yesterday by Foreign Com- missar Maxim Litvinoff. The Commissar told the Con gress of the All-Union Central Ex ecutive Committee that “having| entered into contact with the| United States of America, I im-| mediately found differences on na- | tional or a state scale between us | to be mon-existant and that de-| MIAMI, Florida, Dec. hausted from battling rain, and choppy winds, Franc sailis and Helen Richey landed at 16:45 o'clock this forenoon, East- ern Standard Time, completing 237 hours and 52 minutes in the air on an endurance and refueling flight to break the record, which they did. The previous record made by women was eight days, four hours SEx JOHNIZON That Congress will stand firml is the prediction of Speaker Demor by Senator Gerald N 'y . California, another Republican Progressive, declared the “ economically.” The activities of an SPEARER. RAINEY itic leaders of the House. But o & other organization known as the National REPRESENTATIVE BYRNS, behind President Roosevelt and his policies when it convenes on Januar enry T. Rainey of Illinois and Representative Joseph Byrns o': Tenncs{e:‘ pposition is expected from a section of Progressive Republicans leJ of North QPM‘ enbgmn)‘:npflyg will_run counter to the President unless LINERS BATTLE ® hand, Sen#cor Hiram Johnson of country must go along with Roosevelt or go to hell Association of Manufacturers, ghost of the outfit led by “Uncle” Joe Grundy of Pennsylvania in the Hoover regime, will be interesting during the coming session. All they want is the abahdonment of the SMITH GOES T0 INSPECT CIVIC WORK Juneau Official Looks for Revival of Prospect- ing, Mining in '34 ANCHCRAGE, Alaska, Dec Dr. Phillip S. Smith, CWA Admin- istrator in Alaska, left Friday for Seldovia, Kodiak and Seward en- route to his headquarters in Ju- neau. He will inspect civic im- provements being started Dr. Smith, who is also Chief Federal Geologist he éxpected a big revival in pros- pecting and mining next year. MURDER AND SUICIDE IS VERDICT OF JURY A coroner’s jury impaneled yes- terday by Judge J. F. Mullen in the United States Commissioner’s Court returned a verdict that Le-| Roy Vestal came to his death from wounds inflicted by a .32 caliber | revolver in the hands of Mrs. Astrid Crowell. It heard a number of witnesses. among whom was Mrs. Crowell's former hushand, S. S. Crowell, who identified the weapon as that of his ex-wife. Mrs. Crowell's own death was declared by the jury to have been suicide. None of the witnesses called were able to give any reason for the double tragedy. Declares United States and Are Banded in Common Cause, Peace of World batable settle.” “More than that questions were easy to being herself interested in maintaining peace,' America saw in confact wih our Union a powerful factor in main- tenance of that peace and corre- spondingly valued the cooperation with us in that direction *We, on our side, also value the establishment of relations with America because of the importance in that event is the cause of of Alaska, said l Chicagols ~ Prepared to Greet 1934 Gayest and Wettest Cele-| bration in Years Prom- ised for Loop | | CHICAGO, IIL, Dec. 30.—As the {old year began tottering on its last legs, Chicago hotels and night life ces completed plans to welcome w Year to the tune of pop-| ping champagne bottles. | Growing reservation lists indicat- | ied the celebration will be the gayest and wettest the Loop has seen in rs with almost all hotels already | pacity. i | CAPT. SWANSON PASSES AWAY, TO WESTWARD ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 30.— , Capt. Charies Swanson. aged 74| years, oldtimé coastal skipper and! ident of Alaska for 39 years, is dead here. He is survived by nine | children including one son George, | in Fairbanks, and Manuel in La- touche. R it Organized German Women Are to Be “Regimented” BERLIN, Dec. 30.—In the future, all of Germany's organized women ' will be regimented in a large or- ganization, the “Frauenwerk,” cor-| responding to the mammoth “Labor | Front” for laborers, employees, and | 'employers, and to similar units for | professional men, artisans, and| small tradesmen. “There are too many women’s clubs in Germany,” said Dr. Krum- | macher, appointed by Hitler tc reorganize German womanhood long Nazi lines, announcing “Frauenwerk” at Dortmund. Howeves he added, “it won't be necessary to force a change on |y victorious idea is bound to our women. The of national socialism |conquer their hearts.” | convicts the | New Deal. JAPAN CLAIMS T0 BE LEADING TRADE NATION Made Gain ?33 Per Cent This Year—America Greatest Customer gain of 33 wwn in Ja- refurns for as the TOKYO, Dec. 30— percent over 1932 is pan’s foreign trade 1933, published vye Government closed the s trade ledger for the New Ye holiday. Japan is therefore claiming to be the leading principle commercial nation by a wide margin in inter- national trade recovery As usual, trade with America formed the backbone of Japan's commerce. The American figures are more than double that of the next nation on the list, in both imports and exports. Japan’s gains are partly at the expense of the merchants of the British Empire and Europe. Japan’s fore trade amounted to three on, six hundred and seventy million yen. The value of the about 30 cents. TEN CONVICTS MAKE ESCAPE ATMORE, Alabama, Dec. 30 One man was killed and another probably fatally wounded as they to apprehend ten escaped from the State Prison arm near here - — LOCAL FILIPINO: TO OBSERVE JOSE RIZAE EXECUTION At a banquet at Bailey's Cafe to be held at 7 o'clock this evening, the local Filipino residents will commemorate the anniversary of he execution of Jose Rizae Mayor 1. Goldstein will be the jest of honor for the evening. hes honoring Jose Rizae wiil made during the dinner and is to be furnished by the 1 Filipino musicians. ngements for this event are he direction of Emilo Gaiao. yen is now soly HEAVY SEAS ON PRESENT TRS Steamship -Yale 20 Hours Behind Schedule 'Frisco to Los Angeles 'FLOODS CONTINUE TO | MENACE, NORTHWEST Shipping on Atlantic in Trouble—Twenty-four w‘ | Victms Added to Toll CHICAGO, 1, Dec. 30. — The storm-torn East welcomed a prom- | ise of relief from the record-break= |ing cold that played havoc with {shipping off the coast and added a score of deaths to the hundred {who died in the Northern States earlier in the week. l Boston reports 18 degrees below |zero. Lake Placid reports 45 below zero. | On the Pacific Coast, ship bat- tled through turbulent seas. The liner Yale, outbound from San Francisco to Los Angeles, is report- ed more than 20 hours behind schedule and proceeding at four knots an hour. Other vessels are |in similar difficulties. | The Pacific Northwest ‘menaced by floods. | Secretary of Interior Ickes R promised almost unlimited for paying civil workers habilitation. At Dash Point, near Tacoma, Wash., six houses were carried into Puget Sound and two others are in danger of destruction from earth slides caused by excessive rains. The Mid-West saw more moder- ate weather with a further rise of temperatures predicted for today. is still in re- NEW WEATHER MARK NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—A new low mark for New York, in 15 years, has been established when the mercury went to six degrees below zero today. | COLD. IN. CANADA | TORONTO, Dec. 30.—The cold wave covering this section of Can- ada has already. claimed 15 lives, disrupted communications systems and tied-up transportation in some sections. FREE COINAGE, " SILVER, GOLD - T0 BE URGED 1 Remonetization Campaign Started by 27 Sena- tors in Washington | Pt WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—An in- tensive campaign for remonetiza- | tion of silver was assured when 27 | Senators went on record for the | free and unlimited coinage, ooth of {gold and silver. | Fourte, Democrats, Three Re- publicans and one Farmer Labor |attended the conference called by Senator Wheeler, of Montana, a 16 Ito 1 bimeTallism advocate. The conference adopted a reso- lution that “we favor bimetallism, | free and unlimited coinage of Toth |gold and silver at a ratio to be established by law.” Nine other Senators sent word they were for the proposition. | Senator Wheeler predicted the | Senate would approve and the House must follow suit if a vote ican be obtained in that body and President Roosevelt does not inter- fere. —l |ee0evecssccocce |®* NO GOLD PRICE c e o ANNOUNCED TODAY e . —_— LJ WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. ® —There was no gold price e announcement today as both ® the Treasury and the Re-' @ construction Finance Cor- @ poration offices are closed @ ® because of the holiday. . ® 0 0 0000 000 000 o